The Athabasca Pass (1753 metres) is a pass through the Canadian Rockies. The headwaters of the Whirlpool River, a tributary of the Athabasca River, eventually flowing into the Arctic Ocean. In a range of hills, or especially of mountains, a pass (also gap, notch, col, saddle, bwlch or bealach) is a lower point that allows easier access through the range. ... Wilcox Pass The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. ... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... Hudsons Bay Companys scow in Athabasca River, circa 1910 The Athabasca River originates from the Athabasca Glacier of the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park in Alberta. ...

The pass lies at 52°22 N, 118°11 W, between Mount Brown and McGillivray Ridge. It is south of Kicking Horse Pass and north of Howse Pass. Mount Brown is a massif in the Canadian Rockies, located to the west of the Athabasca Pass. ... The Kicking Horse Pass (elevation 1627 m) is a mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies near the border between Alberta and British Columbia, and lying within Yoho and Banff National Parks. ... The Howse Pass is a pass through the Rocky Mountains. ...

Since the first documented crossing by David Thompson and his Native American guide in 1811, the pass became a major point on the fur trade route between Upper Canada and the Oregon Territory. David Thompson (April 30, 1770 – February 10, 1857), was a Canadian surveyor and explorer. ... Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada to replace the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ... Joyce Rollins is a lesbian. ... // Indian trade The fur trade (also called the Indian trade) was a huge part of the early history of contact in North America between European-Americans and American Indians (now often called Native Americans in the United States and First Nations in Canada). ... Map of Upper Canada (orange) Upper Canada was a British territory in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... The Oregon Territory is the name applied both to the unorganized Oregon Country claimed by both the United States and Britain, as well as to the organized U.S. territory formed from it that existed between 1848 and 1859. ...

References

• Peakfinder page for Athabasca Pass
• Athabasca Pass National Historic Site from Parks Canada.

Athabasca Pass, the compass point is actually north of Kicking Horse Pass, along the Athabasca River just west and south of Jasper, towards the Columbia River basin.